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Hastings 1948/1949 ARCHIVE
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"Supplement to London and Midland Chess Bulletins" (Feb 1949). In Harry Golombek and W. Ritson Morry, "Hastings Chess Tournament 1948-49" En Passant Chess Publications 1st Edition 1949

Golombek and Ritson Morry:

(p.1)
"The 24th annual international Xmas congress of the Hastings Chess Club was officially opened at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday December 30th, 1948 by Neil Cooper-Key Esq., M.P. for Hastings, supported by the Mayor and other important members of the municipality.

The entry of 131 competitors was a good one, but as was the case last year the Premier section was by no means of the strength which distinguished it in the pre-war period. In 1934, for instance, we saw a triple tie between Sir Geo. Thomas, Flohr and Euwe with Capablanca and Botwinnik below them! In 1937 Reshevsky was the winner with Keres and Alexander in second place and Fine and Flohr just below. Indeed the list of winners: Yates, Kostich, Rubinstein, Euwe, Maroczy, Alekhine, Vidmar, Tartakower, Marshall, Takacs, Colle, Capablanca, Flohr, Thomas, Reshevsky, Szabo and Alexander is in itself an almost complete catalogue of the grandmasters of the past 20 years. These great chessplayers made Hasings and its chess congress world famous. Because of their presence a tradition was built and Hastings was never "just another chess tournament" such as it is now seriously in danger of becoming.

Right from the start it was clear that the club's officers were keenly aware that the drop in standard was more than unfortunate, but they made it clear that finance was the only cause. Although the cost of everything has risen, the grant of 250 pounds which they receive from the Corporation towards the expenses of the tournament has not been increased, and they are accordingly unable to invite the same number of distinguished foreign players as of yore. The Mayor pointed out, on the other hand, that the town was having a struggle to make its budget balance and that chess tournaments were not the only activities which cost more.

At the same time we feel that neither the town nor the club can completely escape criticism for the following reasons:

I, The Mayor admitted that this congress is of great publicity value to a town which lives largely by advertising itself and thus attracting visitors. We know from the volume of cuttings received through our press cutting agency that the publicity this tournament brings Hastings in the world press could not (p.2) be bought in the form of advertisements for many times the 250 pound earmarked for the congress.

2. The club could in our opinion make better use of the help available from certain important chess figures who could use their personal influence with many foreign masters to secure their appearance on favourable terms. Again we know that two years ago a great opportunity to secure the attendance of Najdorf was missed only through failure ot act promptly when he offered to appear, and by the time it was decided to invite him he had been forced to accept other offers. We also must confess ourselves stupefied by the failure to invite Alexander, twice a prize-winner in this event, for he is still one of the greatest British masters and is always likely to beat the best although often the victim of his mercurial temperament.

Nevertheless, fate was unkind to the organisers, for at the last moment the star performer, Szabo, fell ill and there was no tie to replace him by inviting another grandmaster. I. Konig was a good choice in the circumstances and fully justified his selection by playing very good chess to finish within a point of the victor.

The French champion, N. Rossolimo was never seriously extended in his quest for honours. His chess is very enterprising and his opening play is original and full of ideas. This is the type of play which always attracts the gallery. It would have been interesting to see how he would have fared against Szabo, for he has not had the same range of experience in international tournaments as most continental masters.

Muhring played some good games, but his form was patchy and he has not the consistency necessary for high honours in big tournaments.

Paul Schmidt was a big disappointment. At one time he was thought to be more promising than Keres, but in this tournament his play was lifeless and he was always far too ready to agree to the draw.

Of the British contingent, B.H. Wood undoubtedly maintained the position he gained as a result of the tie he made for second place in the British Championship. Although favoured to some extent by tournament luck and he is now a very dangerous opponent for anyone. Fairhurst also played very determined chess and showed that he is still a force in British chess. Siur George Thomas fought valiantly, but anno domini is now a big handicap for him and he was obviously very tired at the end. Tylor played better than his score suggests and onlyrequires practice to recover the place he occupied in British chess before the war.

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-<Final Tables> (pp.3-4)

Premier Reserves (Major): bad player ID

Premier Reserves (A): Alan Phillips

Premier Reserves (B): M. Jacobson

Premier Reserves (C): E. Reifenberg Ernst Robert Reifenberg?

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Golombek and Ritson Morry on W J Muhring vs P Schmidt, 1949

"This game was played in advance on Sunday, January 2nd, in order to permit the players to get away early for the Beverwijk Tournament which was due to begin on January 8th." (p.28)

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Venue White Rock Pavilion <Britbase Hastings Archive http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/has...>

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Hastings 1948/1949 <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.214>

Laszlo Szabo

Groningen (1946) (13 Aug - 7 Sept)

Game Collection: Hastings 1947/48 (29 Dec - 7 Jan)

Saltsjobaden Interzonal (1948) (16 July - 14 August)

Budapest Candidates (1950)

born Mar-19-1917, Laszlo Szabo was born in Budapest. At the age of eighteen, he won the Hungarian Championship for the first of eight times. Before World War II, he worked in the foreign exchange department of a Budapest bank. During World War II, he was in a Hungarian Forced Labor unit where he was captured by the Russian army. He was a prisoner of war until after the end of World War II. Following the Second World War, he began to compete in major international events. In total, he represented Hungary at 11 Olympiads, playing first board on five occasions and delivering many medal-winning performances. In 1937, he took the team silver and individual silver medals, in 1952 an individual bronze, in 1956 a team bronze and in 1966, team bronze and individual silver. He was awarded the GM title in 1950 and took part in three of the Candidates' tournaments during the 1950's, finishing joint third in 1956. He continued to play in tournaments and promote chess in his country until his death in 1998. William Winser h

Hungarian master title awarded 1934 <http://tortenelemsakk.gportal.hu/gi...>

FIDE grandmaster title awarded 1950 <Gaige, p.415>>

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Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander

Hastings (1937/38)

Hastings (1946/47) (30 Dec - 8 Jan) 1st, over Savielly Tartakower, bad player ID and Daniel Yanofsky with +7 -1 =1. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.2>

Hastings 1947/1948 (29 Dec - 7 Jan) 7th, with +1 -3 =5. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.295>

England-Australia Radio Match 1948 (17-18 July) 2nd board for England, with +0 -0 =1 vs Purdy. Match drawn 5-5. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.206>

British Championship 1948 In London (31 Aug - 11 Sept) 7th, with +3 -3 =5. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.150>

England-Netherlands Match 1948 IN London (11-12 Sept) 5th board for England, with +0 -0 =2 vs Cortlever. Match drawn 10-10. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.209>

Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander was born Apr-19-1909 in Cork, Republic of Ireland. Awarded the IM title in 1950 and the IMC title in 1970, he was British Champion in 1938 and 1956. During the Second World War, he worked at Bletchley Park with Harry Golombek and Sir Philip Stuart Milner-Barry, deciphering German Enigma codes and later for the Foreign Office. His best result was 2nd= at Hastings (1934/35) tied with Paul Keres after Samuel Reshevsky and ahead of Salomon Flohr and Reuben Fine. He held Mikhail Botvinnik (+1, -1) in the 1946 Anglo-Soviet Radio Match and represented England on six Olympiad teams. Alexander was also an author of note. He passed away in Cheltenham in 1974.

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Nicolas Rossolimo

Hoogovens 1948 In Beverwijk (3-11 Jan) Shared 3rd, behind Prins and Scheltinga, with +3 -2 =4 <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.112>

Bad Gastein 1948 (25 May - 20 June) Shared 2nd with Benko, behind Lundin, with +12 -2 =5 <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.106>

French Championship 1948 In Paris (10-18 Sept) First <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.163>

Rossolimo-Tartakower Match 1948 In Paris. Drawn <Di Felice 1947-1950 p.199>

France-USA Radio Match 1948 (19 Dec). 3rd board for France vs. Horowitz, +1 -0 =0. One of only two decisive games. Match drawn 4--4 <Di Felice, p.105>

Nicholas Rossolimo was born Feb-28-1910, in Kiev in the Ukraine. Awarded the IM title in 1950 and the GM title in 1953<Gaige, p.362> Rossolimo was the only entrant who would later earn the FIDE grandmaster title.

He moved to Paris with his Russian mother in 1929. Whilst in France he finished 2nd behind Jose Raul Capablanca in 1938 in a tournament in Paris, won the French Championship in 1948, was Paris Champion 5 times and drew 2 matches in 1948 and 1949 with Savielly Tartakower. In 1953 he moved to the USA to be with his father and mother. He worked as a bellhop, a taxi driver, played the accordion and worked as a singer as well as running a chess studio to support himself. A multi-talented man, he spoke five languages and earned a brown belt in judo. He died of head injuries three days after accidentally falling down two flights of stairs in New York in 1975.

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Imre Koenig

Round One R G Wade vs I Koenig, 1948

London B Section 1946 (14-26 Jan) Shared 4th, behind Euwe, Christoffel, and Denker, with +4 -2 =5. <Di Felice 1941-1946 p.266>

USSR-Great Britain Radio Match 1946 (19-22 June) 3rd board for Great Britain, +0 -2 =0 vs Smyslov. <Di Felice 1941-1946 p.315>

FIDE IM title 1951 <Gaige, p.221>

Mechanics' Institute Chess Room Newsletter # 98 http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/...>

Imre König was born Feb-09-1901 in Gyula, then part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. After the First World War he became a Yugoslav citizen and represented Yugoslavia in the Olympiads of 1931 and 1935. He also played in several tournaments in Vienna, coming 3rd in 1921, =3rd in 1925, =3rd in 1926 and 4th in 1931. He also came =2nd in Belgrade in 1937. In 1938 he emigrated to England and became a naturalized citizen in 1949. However, in 1953 he moved to the USA. He finished 2nd in the Hastings tournament of 1948-49.

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Willem Jan Muhring

http://www.schaaktalent.nl/databank...

http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Play...

Hastings 1947/1948 (29 Dec - 7 Jan) Shared 2nd with Grob and G.A. Thomas, behind Szabo, with +3 -1 =5. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.95>

England-Nederlands Match 1948 In London (11-12 Sept) 6th board for Nederlands, +1 -1 =0 vs Gabriel Wood. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.209>

(born Aug-17-1913, died 1999, 85 years old) Netherlands Willem Jan (Pim) Mühring was awarded the FIDE International Master title in 1951.<Gaige, "Chess Personalia" p.293>

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Paul Schmidt

Wikipedia article: Paul Felix Schmidt

Parnu (1937)

German Championship 1941 In Bad Oeynhausen (3-17 Aug) Shared 1st with Junge (later won the playoff match), with +7 -1 = 7. <Di Felice 1941-1946, p.5>

Schmidt-Junge German Championship Playoff Match 1941 In Bromberg. Schmidt won +3 -0 =1. <Di Felice 1941-1946, p.47>

Cracow 1941 (5-19 Oct) Shared 1st with Alekhine, over Bogoljubov, Junge an Lokvenc, with +8 -2 =1. <Di Felice 1941-1946, p.23>

Salzburg 1942 (9-18 June) Shared 3rd with Junge, behind Alekhine and Keres, with +3 -3 =4. <Di Felice 1941-1946, p.85>

Salzburg 1943 (9-18 June) 3rd, behind Alekhine and Keres, with +2 -3 =5. <Di Felice 1941-1946, p.121>

German Championship 1943 In Vienna (15-29 Aug) 2nd, behind Josef Lokvenc, with +8 -0 =7. <Di Felice 1941-1946, p.128>

Hamburg HSV 1946 (29 May - 13 June) Shared 2nd with Ahues, behind Wilfried Lange, with +8 -1 =6. <Di Felice 1941-1946, p.256>

Kassel 1947 (18-26 May) 2nd to Bogoljubov, over Unzicker, Troeger, Endzelins, Bogatyrchuk, with +4 -1 =4. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.40>

Leeuwarden 1948 2nd to Kramer, ahead of Van den Tol and Mulder Van Leens Dijkstra with 2/3. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.148>

Paul Felix Schmidt was born Aug-20-1916 in Narva, Estonia. He was Estonian champion in 1936 and 1937, and he won the German Championship in 1941 (=Klaus Junge). Awarded the IM title in 1950.<TFS July 1950, p.208> In 1951 he earned a PhD in Science and went to live in the USA. He passed away in Allentown in 1984.

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Robert Wade

Wikipedia article: New Zealand Chess Championship

New Zealand Championship 1947/1948 In Dunedin (26 Dec 1947 - 3 Jan 1948) First. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.94>

Australia-New Zealand Radio Match 1948 (10-11 April) First board for New Zealand, +0 -0 =1 vs Purdy. Australia won 6.5 - 1.5. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.206>

Baarn Major Group 1948 (16-24 Oct) Shared 2nd with Eduard Spanjaard, behind Golombek, ahead of Devos and Prins, with +3 -1 =5. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.105>

Hertogenbosch 1948 (30-31 Oct) Shard 2nd with Jaije Kramer, behind Prins, ahead of Van Scheltinga, with +0 -0 =3. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.141>

Robert Graham Wade was born on the 10th of April 1921 in Dunedin, New Zealand. Awarded the IM title in 1950<Gaige, 454> he was New Zealand Champion in 1943-44 (after a play-off), 1944-45 and 1947-48. Looking for greater chess opportunities he went to Europe around 1949 and settled in England. He won the British Championship in 1952 and 1970 and was very active in British chess, training young players and being in charge of the Batsford Chess Library in London.

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Baruch Harold Wood

Round Three B H Wood vs I Koenig, 1949

Baarn Group C 1947 (9-18 May) First, with +4 -1 =2. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.11>

Midlands Counties-Czechoslovakia Match 1947 In Birmingham (17-19 June) 3rd board for Midlands Counties, with +0 -1 =1 vs Kottnauer. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.11>

Gijon 1947 (12-24 July) 5th, with +6 -2 =4. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.33>

British Championship 1947 In Harrowgate (11-22 Aug) 11th, with +3 -6 =2. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.34>

Hoogovens 1948 In Berverwijk (3-11 Jan) Shared 6th, with +3 -4 =2. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.112>

Budapest 1948 (2-22 May) 16th and last, behind Szabo, Gligoric, Foltys, Tartakower, Pachman, with +2 -12 =2. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.123>

Gijon 1948 (13-27 July) 2nd, with +6 -1 =3. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.136>

Aviles 1948 (26 July - 1 Aug) 3rd, with +3 -1 =3 <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.104>

British Championship 1948 In London (31 Aug - 11 Sept) Shared 2nd with Golombek, Milner Barry, and Thomas, behind Broadbent with +6 -3 =2. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.150>

Baarn Major Group 1948 (16-24 Oct) Shared 7th, with +3 -4 =2. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.104>

Baruch Harold Wood was born born Jul-13-1909 in Sheffield, England. Wood was founded CHESS magazine in 1935, and was its editor until 1988, when it was sold to Pergamon Press. He was also a correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, and the co-founder of the Sutton Coldfield Chess Club. Wood was also a FIDE arbiter. Between 1938 and 1957, Wood won the championship of Warwickshire eight times. He won several semi-international events: Baarn 1947, Paignton 1954, Whitby 1963, Tórshavn 1967, and Jersey 1975. He was British Correspondence Champion in 1945.

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William Albert Fairhurst

Round Two W J Muhring vs W Fairhurst, 1948

London A (1946) (14-26 Jan) 10th, with +3 -6 =2. <Di Felice 1941-1946, p.266>

Hastings 1947/1948 (29 Dec - 7 Jan) 5th, behind Szabo, Grob, Muhring, and Thomas, with +1 -0 =8. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.95>

Scottish Championship 1948 In Edinburgh (26-31 March) Shared 1st with N.A. Perkins, with +7 -1 =1. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.132>

England-Australia Radio Match 1948 (17-18 July) 5th board for England, with +0 -0 =1 vs Maurice Goldstein. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.206>

William Albert Fairhurst was born born Aug-21-1903 in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England. He was awarded the IM title in 1951.<Gaige, p.113> In 1931 he went to live in Scotland and won the Scottish Championship the 11 times he competed; 1932, 1932-33, 1933-34, 1935-36, 1936-37, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1962. He also won the British Championship in 1937 and was unofficial Commonwealth Champion in 1950. In international play at Scarborough 1927 he shared 2nd place with Fred Dewhirst Yates, beating 1st place getter Edgar Colle and Efim Bogoljubov whom he finished ahead of by a full point. He played for Scotland in the Olympiads of 1933, 1956, 1958, 1964, 1966 and 1968.

In 1970 he was invited to play in the New Zealand Championship as a guest and liked the country so much he decided to retire there. He played for New Zealand in the 1974 Nice Olympiad and his last event was the New Zealand Championship in 1976. He passed away in Auckland in 1982.

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George Thomas

Get this off his player page: Thomas vs R Douglas, 1995

Hastings 1947/1948 (29 Dec - 7 Jan) Shared 2nd with Muhring and Grob, behind Szabo, with +3 -1 =5 <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.95>

British Championship 1948 In London (31 Aug - 11 Sept) Shared 2nd with Golombek, Milner Barry, and Baruch Wood, with +4 -1 =6. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.150>

England-Netherlands Match 1948 In London (11-12 Sept) 3rd board for England, with +2 -0 =0 vs Prins. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.209>

Last competitive chess event:

Netherlands-England Match 1949 In Utrecht (17-18 Sept) 3rd board for England, with +1 -1 =0 vs Haije Kramer. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.313>

Sir George Alan Thomas was born on June 14, 1881 near Istanbul, Turkey. He learned chess from his mother, Lady Edith Thomas, who won one of the first women's tournaments held in Hastings in 1895. In 1896, George Thomas defeated Emanuel Lasker at a simultaneous exhibition in England. He was the City of London Chess Club chess champion in 1911, and played in his first British chess championship in 1920, taking 2nd place.

WIthout a doubt his greatest achievement was his tie for first place at Hastings (1934/35) with Max Euwe and Salomon Flohr, finshing ahead of and defeating both Jose Raul Capablanca and Mikhail Botvinnik. He continued to play at a high level in later years, wining the London chess championship in 1946 at age 65 before retiring from compettive chess four years later. In 1950 he was awarded the International Master title from FIDE.<Gaige, p.424>

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William Arthur Winser

Hastings Premier Reserves B 1947/1949 (29 Dec - 7 Jan) 6th, with +4 -2 =2. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.95>

(born Dec-09-1906, died Jun-12-1991, 84 years old) United Kingdom

http://www.hastingschessclub.co.uk/...

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Theodore Tylor

Midlands Counties-Czechoslovakia Match 1947 In Birmingham (17-19 June) 1st board for Midlands Counties, with +0 -1 =1 vs Pachman. Czechoslovakia won 13.5 - 6.5. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.89>

England-Netherlands Match 1948 In London (11-12 Sept) 7th board for England, with +1 -1 =0 vs Chis Vlagsma. Match drawn 10-10. <Di Felice, 1947-1950 p.209>

(Sir) Theodore Henry Tylor was born Apr-13-1900 in Bournville Birmingham, England. He was a tutor in Jurisprudence at Oxford University, a post he held for nearly 40 years. Although classed legally blind he represented England at the Hamburg Olympiad in 1930. He was British Correspondence Champion in 1932, 1933 and 1934 and is probably best known for competing in the Nottingham tournament of 1936. He passed away in Oxford in 1968.

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23 games were decisive among these players, with Nicolas Rossolimo distinguishing himself by the final with clear first, finishing undefeated with +4.

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Rd 1 (report 31/12, played 30/12) - Winser-Thomas adj, Fairhurst Rossolimo 0-1, Wood-Muhring drawn, Schmidt-Tylor drawn, Wade-Konig adj.

Rd 9 (report 10/1, played 9/1) - M-S 1-0, Th-F 0-1, Ty-K 0-1, Wi-Wa 0-1, R-Wo drawn.

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Premium Chessgames Member Paint My Dragon: <WCC> Success! - Rd2 played Dec 31, Rd3 on Jan 2, Rd4 on Jan 3, Rd5 on Jan 4, Rd6 on Jan 5, Rd7 on Jan 6, Rd8 on Jan 7. All reports from Times, following day edition, except for Rd 6.

Do you want any interesting snippets of info? Couldn't do full commentary as there is a huge amount ... but anything that jumps out? Or do you already have an article completed?

Sep-28-14
Premium Chessgames Member Tabanus: Dates for Game Collection: Hastings 1948/1949: Opening December 30 by E. M'Neill Cooper-Key, Conservative M. P. for Hastings. This was the first time any chess congress had been opened with a speech <in Esperanto> (Evening Telegraph 30 Dec 1948 p. 1)

"This afternoon the Mayor is giving a civic reception in the Town Hall. Chess history was made at the opening ceremony, when the Borough Member, Mr. Neill Cooper-Key, welcomed the competitors in Esperanto" (Hastings and St Leonards Observer 1 Jan 1949 p. 1)

Mainly from The Times:

Round 1 Dec 30
Round 2 Dec 31
Round 3 Jan 2
Round 4 Jan 3
Round 5 Jan 4
Round 6 Jan 5
Round 7 Jan 6
Round 8 Jan 7
Round 9 Jan 8

Rd 9 (report 10/1, played 9/1) The report of 10/1 says "Hastings, Jan. 9" which again says "played yesterday" (unlike the other rounds which were reported the same day) = Jan. 8.

Nah,
"De Gooi- en Eemlander" has Rossolimo-Wood (in last round) on Saturday = Jan. 8: http://kranten.delpher.nl/nl/view/i...

http://kranten.delpher.nl/nl/view/i... says Mühring-Schmidt was played on <Friday> (Jan. 7).

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Round 9 W J Muhring vs P Schmidt, 1949 played on Jan 7 <"De Tijd" 10 Jan 1949 p. 5 http://kranten.delpher.nl/nl/view/i...>

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Yes, Szabo was replaced by Konig, by then a resident of England (Times p.6, 30/12/48) as Szabo was told not to travel by his doctor due to illness (p.6, 31/12/48)

The rest of the Times reports comprise mostly detailed commentary, but of the British contingent, he comments ...

In the absence of Alexander, Broadbent and Golombek it was hoped that Thomas and Fairhurst would give a good account of themselves, as they had both played well last year (p.6, 30/12/48)

Two Golombek rants about Rossolimo:

"He tried a system of his own in the Giuoco Piano against Muhring and the Dutch Master wrongly allowed him to open up the game. By a neat little combination he won a pawn and then finished off his opponent by a brilliantly conducted kingside attack, culminating in a rook sacrifice. This was the best game played so far in the tournament." (p.2, 5/1/49)

"His success was well deserved, for he hardly ever had the inferior game and those that he won were marked by a most pleasing and natural brilliance." (p.6, 10/1/49)

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a report by Muhring in the February 1949 issue of Tijdschrift, the magazine of the Dutch Chess Federation. Muhring writes that he only learned that he had gained 3rd prize when he was back in the Netherlands. "I had played the last game in advance, because the intention was to participate in Beverwijk ...". The Hoogovens Tournament in Beverwijk started January 8. Ultimately Muhring didn't play there, but his last round opponent Schmidt and Wade did.

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Yes, Szabo was replaced by Konig, by then a resident of England (Times p.6, 30/12/48) as Szabo was told not to travel by his doctor due to illness (p.6, 31/12/48)

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W Fairhurst vs Rossolimo, 1948
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 27 moves, 0-1

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